Mel Parsons

Driving Man

Mel Parsons


Tom: Em

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[Verse 1]
  Em                    C                G
A steady stream of cars rollin' down the highway
  Em                                 C        G
I wonder where you're headed are you goin' my way
Em                    C       G
Between the edge and the deep end,
Em                C       G
'tween the living and the dead
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man


[Verse 2]
         Em                 C        G
Well you stood up tall, you stood up strong
    Em                   C           G
You worked your own ways through the wrong
         Em                C           G
Yeah you made your own way through the mire
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Yeah you made your own way, you're made of fire
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man


[Verse 3]
         Em                 C        G
And the fire burns and the fire it spreads
         Em                  C    G
Yeah the fire chokes and the fire warms
           Em                    C      G
Yeah we've both been burnt we've been engulfed
           Em                     C         G
Yeah we've both been warmed we've both been smoked

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
Bm                                       C
  I love you baby, but you gotta rein it in
Bm                                  C
  I love you more than you love the skin


[Verse 4]
         Em             C           G
Well the rain came down hard on the roof
         Em                   C      G
Yeah the rain washed away all of the proof
         Em                              C           G
All the digging I've been doin', all the digging for you
         Em                              C       G
All the stories I've been saying all the guilt I blew,
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 5]
         Em                 C        G
Can you drop me here I'm so far from home
     Em              C        G
Its getting dark its getting cold
         Em                 C       G
Its the opposite way than I want to go
        Em                  C        G
Can you drop me here I'm so far from home
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man
      D    C          D    Em
My driving man, my driving man

[Outro]

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